Cooked?Smokey J Bakery & Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 14, 2023 →
- address301 N Garfield Ave Unit A, Monterey Park 91754
Is Smokey J Bakery & Cafe clean?
Smokey J Bakery & Cafe is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 14, 2023. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Smokey J Bakery & Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 14, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️# 01A. DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
- ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
When was Smokey J Bakery & Cafe last inspected?
Smokey J Bakery & Cafe has 1 inspection on record going back to August 14, 2023, averaging 90 points.
August 14, 2023 A
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View full inspection →Smokey J Bakery & Cafe vs City Of Monterey Park
City Of Monterey Park runs 85% clean across 249 tracked restaurants — 212 clean, 32 mid, 5 cooked.
Against the 249 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Monterey Park, this one comes out cleaner than 15% of them.
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How Los Angeles grades restaurants
Los Angeles County posts a letter placard in the window, and unlike New York the score runs the friendly way: higher is better. 90 to 100 points earns an A, 80 to 89 a B, and anything below that a C. The county inspects roughly every six months to a year depending on risk, and a failed inspection can close a kitchen until it is fixed. Because LA’s scores are final at the time of inspection — there is no pending window — a letter can be read straight off the score when the placard field is blank.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily, but the authority publishes in batches, so a recent visit may not appear yet. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
Source: LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health via LA County Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated August 14, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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